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Humans

________ are both spiritual as well as material.

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Hobbes

________ believed that all human activity could be explained similarly to biological mechanisms, being influenced by mechanical desire and satisfaction.

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Psychologists

________ have argued whether human nature is self- interested or if there can be unselfish considerations.

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Psychological egoism

________= the theory that humans are only able to act out of self interest in the pursuit of pleasure.

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Moritz Schlick

________ (1882- 1936), another materialist, suggested that self interest works in all instances, not just in extreme cases of aggression.

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Spiritual aspect

________ makes us different from the purely material and biological universe.

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Schlick

________ argued for the view psychological egoism.

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Human nature

________= what it essentially means to be a human being; what makes us different from anything else.

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Hobbes

________ was a materialist, believing that the universe and humans were entirely physical and material as opposed to spiritual.

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***How you think we should set up society

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